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Massachusetts Democrats, singer Carole King and Michelle Obama to stump for Ed Markey in special U.S. Senate election

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Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Ed Markey is pulling support from singer Carole King, first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass., and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in his bid to become the next senator from Massachusetts.

As Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey ramps up his campaign against Republican businessman Gabriel Gomez ahead of the June 25 election, he's enlisting the aid of some big names including his would-be colleague, Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, singer Carole King and even first lady Michelle Obama.

Markey, who has served in Congress since 1976, has a big day on Monday starting off with Warren helping him at a phone bank in Framingham from noon to 2 p.m. Later in the evening, Markey will arrive at a fundraiser hosted by U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass., and headlined by the Grammy-award winning King.

The two-hour concert is slated to take place at The Beehive on Tremont Street in Boston starting at 6 p.m. Monday.

For a $100 contribution to Markey's campaign, guests can have standing-room access to the King concert. $1,000 will buy you a chair and a $2,600 gift to Markey will land you in the "priority seating" section, according to an invitation to the event.

Co-hosts for the high-profile event include big names in Boston's political fundraising scene, including Shanti Fry, who worked to help Warren raise a record amount of campaign cash in 2012.

And on Wednesday, May 29, Markey will get a special boost from the first lady as Mrs. Obama is scheduled to stump for the Senate hopeful in an event at the Taj Boston, a luxury hotel on Arlington Street.

Donations of $500 or more will grant supporters access to that event, where Markey and Obama are expected to be joined by Warren and interim U.S. Sen. William "Mo" Cowan, among other notable Bay State Democrats.

Making the most out of the first lady's visit to Boston, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is holding a contest where one of the committee's donors will be chosen to have lunch with her and Warren at an undisclosed location in the city.

Recent polls have shown Markey leading over Gomez although by different margins. A Suffolk University/7 News poll released this week concluded Markey was leading over Gomez among likely voters by a 17 point margin, 52-35 percent.

But two other recent polls concluded that Markey's lead wasn't as significant. He led by only four points, 44-40 percent, in a Public Policy Polling survey and by six points, 42-36 percent, in a student organized Emerson College Polling Society poll.